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- 9:00 – WELCOMING REMARKS
Kofi Appenteng, President, The Africa-America Institute - 9:10 – KEYNOTE: The State of Education in Kenya
Introduction: Maurice Makoloo, Regional Director for East Africa, Ford Foundation
Presenter: Honorable Fred Matiang’i, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education Science and Technology, Kenya - 9:40 – FIRESIDE CHAT: Youth Opportunities & Learning
Maurice Makoloo, Regional Director for East Africa, Ford Foundation & Kofi Appenteng, President, The Africa-America Institute - 10:40 – PANEL 1: Educating Africa’s Next Generation
Moderator: Nneka Okekearu, Deputy Director, Enterprise Development Centre, Pan Atlantic University
Panelists:
Anne Jason, GE Executive Global Commodity Leader, General Electric Africa
Dr. Henrik Pedersen, Dean of School of Engineering, Rutgers University
Femi Taiwo, Programme Manager, YouthLEAP, LEAP Africa
Vivienne Yeda, Director General, East African Development Bank
Student Discussant: Stephen Ndege, Recent United States International University (USIU) Graduate - 11:55 – SPECIAL PRESENTATION: MasterCard Foundation Scholars’ Program
Presenter: Ivy Mwai, Program Manager, Education and Learning, MasterCard Foundation - 12:30 – LUNCH
- 14:00 – KEYNOTE: Reforming Higher Education in Africa
Dr. Phillip Clay, Former Chancellor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - 14:45 – PANEL 2: African Entrepreneurs Disrupting Education
Moderator: Melissa Howell, Director of Global Programs, The Africa-America Institute
Panelists:
Lydiah Kemunto Bosire, 8B
Dr. Sidy Ndao, SenEcole
Student Discussant: Ms. Ivy Wainana, MA in Information Security, Carnegie Mellon University Africa (CMU) Graduate - 15:45 – PANEL 3: Innovation for Inclusion: Increasing Representation in Higher Education
Moderator: Santiago Iñiguez, President of IE University
Panelists:
Dr. Atieno Adala, Manager, Research Development, African Virtual University
John Matogo, University Relations Leader for East Africa, IBM
Irene Mbari-Kirika, Executive Director, InAble
Matthew Mugo Fields, Founder of Redbird Advanced Learning
Student Discussant: Ms. Sophy Okotta, Vice President of the National Youth Bunge Association (NYBA) - 16:55 – DAY 2 PREVIEW: Africa’s Great Civilizations
- 17:00 – NETWORKING RECEPTION WITH FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS
- 20:00 – END OF RECEPTION